Passenger-car.



S. M. OURWEN & W. M. SMITH.

PASSENGER CAR.

APPLICA-'MON FILED MAY 4. 1905.

Patented 0ct.27.1908.

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Patented 0@t.27,1908.

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PASSENGER-CAR.'

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 190B.

vTo all wwm it 'may con-cem:

Be vit known that we, SAMUELM. OUR- wEN and WARREN M. SMITH, citizens ofthe United States, residing in- Haverford, and Moores, Pennsylvania,respectively, have invented certain Improvements in Passenger- Cars, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to certain improvements in cars of the type inwhich a passenger pays his fare before entering the car.

One object of our invention is to so construct the car that the dividingpartition or rail separating the platform into ingress or egresssections will extend into the body of the car past the doorway and yetwill allow for the closing of the doors.

Our invention further relates to certain' improvements in seatstructures for the platform, applied to this type of car.

A furt er object of the innention is to convert the ordinary type of carinto one in which the fare is paid on entering the car.

ln the accompanying drawings :-Figure l, is a sectional plan View of oneend of a passenger car illustrating our invention; Fig. 2, is alongitudinal section on the line 2-2, Fig. l; Fig. 3, is a sectionalplan view similar to Fig. l, showing the doors closed and the seatsextended; Fig. 4, is a sectional view on the line 4 4, Fig. 1, showingthe seats folded; Fig. 5, is a sectional plan view on the line` 5 5,Fig. 4, showin the seats extended; and Fig. 6, 1s a view loo ing in thedirection of the arrow 6, Fig. 4.

D is the body of the car.

E is the platform. 1

D is a transverse partition separating the platform from the body ofthecar, and in this artition is the ordinary doorway d d)by slidingdoors d of the usual type.

E is the ordinary end vestibule section of a platform.

E2 is a-fxed side having a channel f for a sliding door F, which is theexit door when the platform is at the forward end of the car.

On the opplosite side is a series of doors G,

which, in t e present instance, can be folded back against the sectionEl of the vestibule, if desired, or other types of doors may be usedwithout departing from our invention.

A is the rail separating the platform E into ingress and egress sectionse and e', and this rail is offset at a to allow additional room for theconductor to stand on the egress section of the platform. The railterminates at the doors d and an extension A of this rail is secured tothefioor of the body D of the car and extends into the car so as todivide thedoorway and the body of the car near the doorway into egressand ingress passageways i and i', so as to prevent the passengerscrowding in passing through the doorway.

The rail A is made with a section a below the main rail which not onlyacts as a guard but also carries the pivoted seat sections B, B', asshown in Fig. 4. Each section is made in two parts b, b hinged togetheras shown and, in the present instance, they have hooked ends b2 whichengage the sockets c, c on the framework of the car ywhen the seats areextended for use. Folding brackets g on the doors support the saidsections at the center when extended; and when the sections are foldedout of the way, as illustrated in Fig. 4, they do not interfere with theingress and egress of passengers. When the latform is at the forward endof the car and t e doors G closed then the seat sections may be extendedfor the use of passengers.

We claim 1. The combination in a passenger car, of a body portion, aplatform, a transverse partition separating the platform from the bodyof the car, a doorway therein, doors adapted to close the doorway, arail dividing the platform into ingress and egress sections, and acontinuation of said rail extending into the body ofthe car beyond thedoors.

2. The combination in a passenger car, of a body ortion, a platform, apartition separating t e platform from the body of the car and having adoorway therein, sliding doors for closing said doorway, and two railsdividing the doorway into in ress and egress sections, one rail beingwit 1in the car and terminating at the door, the other rail being on thelatform and terminating at the door. 3. T e combination in a passengercar, of a body portion, a platform, a partition separating the platformfrom the body of the car and having a doorway flierein, sliding doorsfor closing said doorway, and two rails dividing the doorway intoingress and egress sections, one rail being within the car andterminating at the door, the other rail being on the platform andextending at an angle from the door towards the side of the platform.

4. VThe combination in a passenger car, Vof a body ortion, a platform, atransverse partition dividing the platform from the body of the car andhaving a doorway therein, sliding doors for closing said doorway, tworails, one on the inside ofthe car and the other on the platform anddividing the doorway into two passageways, the'platform rail continuingat right anglesv towards one side of the platform and oset to increasethe size of the egress section of the platform for the purposedescribed.

5. The combination in a passenger oar, of a platform., a rail separatingthe platform into ingress and' egress sections, a folding seat hung onsaid rail, and means for supporting the seat section in its extendedpositlon.

6. The combination in a passenger oar, of

a platform, a' rail dividing the platform into 1.5 two sections, foldingseat sections, one susended from each side of the rail, and means forsupporting each section in its extended position.

ln testimonywhereof, we have signed our 20 names to this specification,in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL M. oURwEN. WARREN M.l SMITH.

yWitnessesz Jos. H. KLErN, WM. A. BARR.

